Decoda Featuring special guest Ringdown

Praised by The New York Times as “refreshing in the extreme,” the chamber music collective Decoda, the affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall, creates a more connected and compassionate world through music—offering artfully scripted performances, leading inventive community projects, and training the next generation of artists to rethink and reimagine their role in society. 

Decoda’s musicians are equally devoted to virtuosic performance and meaningful audience engagement. Decoda makes its Penn State debut with special guests Ringdown, the cinematic electro-pop duo featuring composers and vocalists Caroline Shaw and Danni Lee Parpan—an “ecstatically blissful” (Night After Night) and “irresistible” (Feast of Music) pair creating music that floats up from the dusty record bin between Brahms and Brandi Carlile, and centers around joy, human connection, and trying to inspire people to feel more love. Penn State graduate Clara Lyon is co-artistic director and violinist for the ensemble.

Who: Decoda & Ringdown

What: Concert

Where: Eisenhower Auditorium

When: March 31, 2026